(July 13, 2001)
On July 12, 2001 Reed
Elsevier completed the acquisition of the businesses
of Harcourt
General. As a supplemental educational publishing
company within the Reed Elsevier Group, Rigby
Education, based in Barrington, Illinois, now joins
Harcourt Education Group as one of two business units dedicated
to supplemental publishing. The other is Steck-Vaughn,
located in Austin, Texas. Rigby President, Steven
Korte, has been named President / CEO of Harcourt Supplemental
Publishers, and will oversee the operations of both companies,
effective immediately.
Established in 1986, Rigby
has achieved outstanding growth and prominence since becoming
a member of the Reed Elsevier plc Group in 1992. Its
business focus is literacy materials for elementary schools
grades K - 5, including resources for early childhood, bilingual,
primary and intermediate students. Rigby
also delivers professional development courses and seminars
for educational professionals in the area of literacy development.
Steck
Vaughn has been in existence for over sixty years and
a member of the Harcourt Education Group since 1997. As
a leading company in supplemental materials, Steck Vaughn's
products range from grades K - 12, with supplemental and
reinforcement materials in the areas of reading, language
arts, social studies and special education. A market
leading line of products also serves the adult GED market.
The Steck-Vaughn Berrent division focuses on test
preparation, available as print and online resources.
Raintree Steck Vaughn is the library division of the company,
which supplies titles to school and public libraries.
Under the newly formed Harcourt Supplemental Publishers,
both the Rigby
and Steck
Vaughn organizations will benefit from increased investment
and coordination of resources to better serve school districts
across the country. HSP will report through the Harcourt
Education Group, located in Orlando, Florida. Harcourt
Education is headed by Tony Lucki, CEO. Other companies
within Harcourt Education are Harcourt
School Publishers, Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, Harcourt
Religion Publishers, Harcourt
Canada, and Harcourt
Trade Publishers.
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